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i agree with you that brennan will be confirmed. my fear my column out today on this whole drone policy letting obama off the hook on drones where they did not want to let george bush off of the hook on torture and rendition and other things that he was citing the authority of the authorization to use force of authority for. >> that's my column at any rate. my fear is -- >> what i want to ask you is once brennan is confirmed, the whole issue of drones is going to go away? >> that's one of the favorite games is: what if george bush had done it. if george bush had a secret drone program. >> i would be raising hell and a lot of other people would. >> it would be, you know it would probably be a much more significant issue, given sort of the narrative of what the rest of his foreign policy was like. >> sure. there would be hearings in the senate and in the house and it may be not in the house. under boehner but certainly there would be hearings and demands for full disclosure. >> there would be more foreign anger about it. it sort of go
i agree with you that brennan will be confirmed. my fear my column out today on this whole drone policy letting obama off the hook on drones where they did not want to let george bush off of the hook on torture and rendition and other things that he was citing the authority of the authorization to use force of authority for. >> that's my column at any rate. my fear is -- >> what i want to ask you is once brennan is confirmed, the whole issue of drones is going to go away? >>...
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no more. >> bill: of course, john brennan, the president's nominee to be c.i.a. director is the architect of the drone policy. gavin's calling from chicago. what do you say gavin? >> caller: thanks for having me on. i agree with the -- no more boots on the ground, man. it is just an advance of technology. i think we're getting a little bit hysteric because it's something new but if we're saying hey these people are high-level operatives, 20 years ago it would have been a halo dutch by some military operators going in and killing these people. now we don't put man at risk and we kill them. >> bill: we don't put men at risk. that's true. that's the good side of it but the other side is we throw the justice system out the window. there's no risk. there's no need to prove that these guys are really guilty. you just kill them before anybody can ask any questions. no fingerprints. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers
no more. >> bill: of course, john brennan, the president's nominee to be c.i.a. director is the architect of the drone policy. gavin's calling from chicago. what do you say gavin? >> caller: thanks for having me on. i agree with the -- no more boots on the ground, man. it is just an advance of technology. i think we're getting a little bit hysteric because it's something new but if we're saying hey these people are high-level operatives, 20 years ago it would have been a halo dutch...
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is it john brennan as the national security advisor? is it president obama? i mean is it jay carney? we don't know. we don't know who at the whitehouse is making these decisions. >> that's what makes us different is we ask these questions of our president that we fought for. >> yeah. >> these are real questions that should be answered. >> bill: it's. what do you think? 866-55-press. i am there is -- i am not totally against drones. i am just saying we have to know what the rules are and who is pushing the button. we will be right back. >> heard around the country, and seen on current tv this is "the bill press show" t [ music ] his ability, is trying to look out for us. that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. (vo) this afternoon, current tv is the place for compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documen
is it john brennan as the national security advisor? is it president obama? i mean is it jay carney? we don't know. we don't know who at the whitehouse is making these decisions. >> that's what makes us different is we ask these questions of our president that we fought for. >> yeah. >> these are real questions that should be answered. >> bill: it's. what do you think? 866-55-press. i am there is -- i am not totally against drones. i am just saying we have to know what...
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yes, the big confirmation hearing for john brennan. the white house announcing it is having second thoughts about releasing the secret memos on drones. and dick morris fired by fox news. all kinds of news this morning. we'll get into it. we'll take your calls at 1-866-55-press. that's how you can join the conversation. or -- that's one way. you can also follow us on twitter and comment on twitter at bpshow. i must -- i was at a -- i was at a luncheon event yesterday and the hostess was saying that she knows a lot of people do this but she doesn't -- i'm not on tweet, she said. >> did you correct her bill? >> bill: i did not. even i knew that wasn't right. i knew what she was trying to say. you can also follow us on facebook of course at facebook.com/billpressshow. we're going to be talking drones and the obama administration's defense of the use of drones for killing americans overseas. no organization has been more outspoken about expressing concerns about the policies than the aclu. the senior legislative council for the aclu, chris
yes, the big confirmation hearing for john brennan. the white house announcing it is having second thoughts about releasing the secret memos on drones. and dick morris fired by fox news. all kinds of news this morning. we'll get into it. we'll take your calls at 1-866-55-press. that's how you can join the conversation. or -- that's one way. you can also follow us on twitter and comment on twitter at bpshow. i must -- i was at a -- i was at a luncheon event yesterday and the hostess was saying...